1990 Belgian Grand Prix
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1990 Belgian Grand Prix | |||
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Race 11 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One World Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 26 August 1990 | ||
Location | Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 7.004 km (4.352 miles) | ||
Distance | 44 laps, 301.172 km (187.136 miles) | ||
Weather | Dry | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
Time | 1:50.365 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Alain Prost | Ferrari | |
Time | 1:55.087 on lap 38 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | |
Second | Alain Prost | Ferrari | |
Third | Gerhard Berger | McLaren-Honda | |
Lap leaders |
The 1990 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 26 August 1990. It was the eleventh race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship. The race was the 48th Belgian Grand Prix. It was the 36th to be held at Spa-Francorchamps and the seventh since the circuit was extensively redeveloped in 1979. The race was held over 44 laps of the seven kilometre circuit for a race distance of 301 kilometres.
Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna claimed his fifth race victory for the season in his McLaren MP4/5B taking a four-second win over the Ferrari 641 driven the reigning world champion, Frenchman Alain Prost. It was Senna's fourth victory in the Belgian Grand Prix, and his third in succession. Senna's Austrian team mate Gerhard Berger finished third, while further back Maurício Gugelmin scored a point for the Leyton House team.
Three attempts were made to start the race, the first two being red-flagged after collisions. Aguri Suzuki's Lola LC90 was eliminated after the first start, Paolo Barilla's Minardi M190 after the second.
Off-track, Nigel Mansell dropped a huge hint that he would not retire from F1 after all. He stated that if he was given a car for 1991 with number 1 status, reliability, a quick engine and worthy of a championship he would consider racing but (as he stated that it seemed unlikely to him) he was still adamant he would retire. He was repeatedly linked with Williams.
Qualifying
The two McLarens were on the front row, with Senna ahead of Berger. Prost in the Ferrari was third ahead of Boutsen and the second Ferrari of Mansell.
The Onyx team pulled out of the sport before the weekend of the race. This meant that the two Ligier cars no longer needed to pre-qualify.
Classification
Pre-Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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1 | 14 | Olivier Grouillard | Osella-Ford | 1:57.941 | — |
2 | 18 | Yannick Dalmas | AGS-Ford | 1:58.339 | +0.398 |
3 | 31 | Bertrand Gachot | Coloni-Ford | 1:59.130 | +1.189 |
4 | 17 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS-Ford | 1:59.910 | +1.969 |
5 | 33 | Roberto Moreno | EuroBrun-Judd | 2:00.270 | +2.329 |
6 | 34 | Claudio Langes | EuroBrun-Judd | 2:01.405 | +3.464 |
7 | 39 | Bruno Giacomelli | Life | 2:19.445 | +21.504 |
Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
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1 | 27 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | 1:52.278 | 1:50.365 | — |
2 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | McLaren-Honda | 1:51.211 | 1:50.948 | +0.583 |
3 | 1 | Alain Prost | Ferrari | 1:51.841 | 1:51.043 | +0.678 |
4 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams-Renault | 1:54.024 | 1:51.902 | +1.537 |
5 | 2 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 1:52.601 | 1:52.267 | +1.902 |
6 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton-Ford | 1:55.800 | 1:52.648 | +2.283 |
7 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams-Renault | 1:54.260 | 1:52.703 | +2.338 |
8 | 20 | Nelson Piquet | Benetton-Ford | 1:53.689 | 1:52.853 | +2.488 |
9 | 4 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:54.116 | 1:52.885 | +2.520 |
10 | 3 | Satoru Nakajima | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:55.798 | 1:53.468 | +3.103 |
11 | 30 | Aguri Suzuki | Lola-Lamborghini | 1:55.294 | 1:53.523 | +3.158 |
12 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Leyton House-Judd | 1:55.012 | 1:53.783 | +3.418 |
13 | 8 | Stefano Modena | Brabham-Judd | 1:57.014 | 1:53.916 | +3.551 |
14 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | Leyton House-Judd | 1:54.497 | 1:54.120 | +3.755 |
15 | 29 | Éric Bernard | Lola-Lamborghini | 1:56.213 | 1:54.251 | +3.886 |
16 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Ford | 1:56.074 | 1:54.312 | +3.947 |
17 | 21 | Emanuele Pirro | Dallara-Ford | 1:56.239 | 1:54:595 | +4.230 |
18 | 11 | Derek Warwick | Lotus-Lamborghini | 1:56.246 | 1:55.068 | +4.703 |
19 | 10 | Alex Caffi | Arrows-Ford | 1:56.562 | 1:55.199 | +4.834 |
20 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara-Ford | 1:56.923 | 1:55.261 | +4.896 |
21 | 25 | Nicola Larini | Ligier-Ford | 1:57.471 | 1:55.278 | +4.913 |
22 | 12 | Martin Donnelly | Lotus-Lamborghini | 1:56.666 | 1:55.304 | +4.939 |
23 | 14 | Olivier Grouillard | Osella-Ford | 1:57.770 | 1:55.334 | +4.969 |
24 | 7 | David Brabham | Brabham-Judd | 1:58.034 | 1:55.668 | +5.303 |
25 | 24 | Paolo Barilla | Minardi-Ford | 1:57.221 | 1:55.859 | +5.494 |
26 | 9 | Michele Alboreto | Arrows-Ford | 1:57.255 | 1:56.055 | +5.690 |
27 | 26 | Philippe Alliot | Ligier-Ford | — | 1:56.118 | +5.753 |
28 | 17 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS-Ford | 1:58.293 | 1:57.566 | +7.201 |
29 | 18 | Yannick Dalmas | AGS-Ford | 1:58.995 | 1:57.704 | +7.339 |
30 | 31 | Bertrand Gachot | Coloni-Ford | — | 1:58.520 | +8.155 |
Race
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "1990 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Belgium 1990 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.